Monthly Archives: March 2016

Gluten-Free Scones: Inspired by my friend Rachel Durham Rachel and I, along with several other friends, got together for a gluten-free brunch one mid-morning recently. We both love to cook and be creative (Rachel is more creative than I am), so this scones recipe is what we came up with. We both have Celiac disease. In fact,…

For those of us who enjoy a vegetarian recipe, here is my own hummus recipe. There are so many variations to a basic hummus recipe. You can take what I suggest and add your own extra ingredients. Or, you can also omit an ingredient if you want that is not to your liking. But always…

This is a recipe my family loved and made often while I was growing up. The barbecue (BBQ) sauce is a combination of ideas from a friend and my own added touches. It can be used with chicken, or pork, or beef ribs. The meat can be made in the oven as I describe here…

From Russia with Love. Wasn’t that a movie? Why, yes it was! It was a 1963 James Bond thriller/action movie from Ian Fleming’s book by the same title. Sean Connery starred as agent 007. I was a Bond fan, as was most of my family. So this recipe for potato pancakes was a passed down…

Wow! I could hardly believe it! After years of not being able to eat Chinese food out in a restaurant because of the gluten issue, finally there it was: a Chinese restaurant with a gluten-free menu. My favorite food, and it was gluten free! Woo! Hoo!–As they say here in the West. We had moved to…

This is a recipe I like to make for my husband. It’s a healthy recipe, and I’m always encouraging him to eat healthy meals and stay away from prepared foods from fast food restaurants. He was a junk food junky for many years in his youth. So when he married me and over time, I have…

Mom’s chicken fried cubed steak memories: Since my mother grew up in a kosher home, this was a recipe she only made “once in a blue moon,” so to speak. When she made this recipe, it was a real treat. Her greatest joy in life was seeing her family happy. She was the most sacrificial woman…